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FILE – In this May 31, 2013, file photo, Lebanese lawmakers meet in the Lebanese Parliament during a session to debate whether to extend their term 17 months, in Beirut, Lebanon. Since the current parliament was elected in June 2009, the lawmakers have met 21 times to pass 169 laws, mostly related to raise government […]

Debate: Lebanon’s new government arose from new understandings

by Baha Abu Karroum | Mar 8, 2014 | Debate

What was impossible for a period of 11 months has become reality: the Lebanese government has been formed, on a political foundation and through the participation of most political parties in Lebanon. This is evidence of the transformations that have taken place and...

Opinion: Lebanon’s Impossible Politics

by Barak Gatenyo and Daniel Nisman | Jul 18, 2013 | Opinion

Lebanon’s politics are becoming about as predictable as molecules in an atom smasher. After three months of fruitless negotiations, the efforts of Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam to form a cabinet remain at square one. The parliament remains unable to fill a...

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File photo—Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C) meets with members of “March 14” coalition at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut on June 18, 2013. (Reuters/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon government negotiations still deadlocked

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 14, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes of a breakthrough in Lebanon’s fraught attempts to form a new government have been dashed, with several issues remaining unresolved, according to observers. Prime minister-designate Tammam Salam and his opponents have reportedly failed to...

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File photo of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam. (REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi)

Tammam Salam: After the Honeymoon

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 11, 2013 | Opinion

Numbers do not lie. Lebanon’s prime minister designate, Tammam Salam, who is tasked with forming the country’s next government, obtained a record number of votes—124 out of a total of 128—from MPs during the constitutionally mandated consultations carried out by...

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Lebanese former minister Tammam Salam attends a meeting for pro-Western March 14 political coalition in Beirut April 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir )

Salam Named Lebanon’s PM

by Thair Abbas | Apr 6, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Well-known Sunni lawmaker Tammam Salam has been named Lebanon’s new prime minister, breaking the political crisis that has engulfed the country since Najib Mikati’s surprise resignation last month. Speaking at a press conference after the...